Did Marie-Antoinette Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?

Revolutionaries used it as propaganda instead.

Queen Marie-Antoinette: Image Source

During the French Revolution, the revolutionaries associated the famous quote “Let them eat cake” with the then queen of France, Marie-Antoinette. The queen responded, “Let them eat cake,” when she was told the peasants were starving and there was no bread in the country.